[He might try to disguise it, and maybe on the surface she doesn't hear the undercurrent of obedience - but something in her understands it all the same, and she responds to it, straightening and watching him go with narrowed, satisfied eyes. Of course he loads it himself. Of course he does. She wavers again, unsure whether to believe him, unsure whether to call him a liar.]
[Maybe better to call him nothing at all for now and see what happens.]
[She raises her eyebrows right back at him.]
It gets me talking to you ever again. What, were you expecting something more?
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[Maybe better to call him nothing at all for now and see what happens.]
[She raises her eyebrows right back at him.]
It gets me talking to you ever again. What, were you expecting something more?